Table 2.
Lung Cancer Risk for Industries/Occupations Known (List A) to Be Associated With Lung Cancer for Men in the EAGLE Study, Lombardy, Italy, 2002–2005a
| Industry (ISIC Code) | Occupation/Process (ISCO Code)b | No. of Cases | No. of Controls | ORc | 95% CI | OREd | 95% CI |
| Never worked in list A/B industries/occupations (reference)e | 1,015 | 1,171 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Ever worked in list A industries/occupations | 177 | 100 | 1.74 | 1.27, 2.38 | 1.53 | 1.10, 2.11 | |
| Agriculture (1110) | Vineyard workers using arsenical insecticides (before 1970) (62330) | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Mining and quarrying | 9 | 7 | 1.63 | 0.46, 5.78 | 1.41 | 0.40, 4.96 | |
| Mining and quarrying, various (2301, 2302, 2902, 2909) | Arsenic, uranium, iron-ore, asbestos mining, talc mining/milling (03810/90, 70020, 711* (not 71140), 71230–60, 71290, 97345) | 5 | 5 | 1.04 | 0.24, 4.39 | 0.93 | 0.22, 3.89 |
| Granite mining (2901) | Granite mining (71110/30/90, 71220/30/40/90) | 5 | 2 | 7.09 | 0.59, 85.43 | 5.96 | 0.50, 70.64 |
| Ceramic and refractory brick (3610, 3691) or (Any ISIC) | Ceramic and pottery workers (Blue collar) or (892*, 89350/60/90, 89930/40/50/6090) | 26 | 11 | 2.64 | 1.13, 6.19 | 2.29 | 0.97, 5.39 |
| Granite production (3699) | Cutting, polishing, etc., of granites stones (82020/30/40/50/90) | 7 | 6 | 1.17 | 0.33, 4.12 | 1.02 | 0.29, 3.60 |
| Asbestos production (3699) or (Any ISIC) | Insulated material production (74190, 751*, 752*, 75415/20/25/70/75/90, 755*, 75670) or (94330) | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Metals (iron and steel, basic) (3710) | Iron and steel founding (724*, 725*) | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Metals (nonferrous, basic; smelting, alloying, refining, etc.) | 45 | 22 | 2.45 | 1.31, 4.60 | 2.20 | 1.17, 4.14 | |
| (3720) or (Any ISIC) | Copper, zinc, cadmium, aluminum, nickel, chromates, beryllium (Blue collar workers) or (72440/50/90) | 12 | 9 | 1.21 | 0.43, 3.44 | 1.04 | 0.36, 2.97 |
| (Any ISIC) | Pickling operations (72940) | 17 | 6 | 3.66 | 1.21, 11.04 | 3.22 | 1.06, 9.72 |
| (Any ISIC) | Chromium plating (728*, 72940) | 31 | 11 | 3.58 | 1.57, 8.17 | 3.23 | 1.41, 7.36 |
| (Any ISIC) | Electroplating (72820/90, 72940) | 28 | 11 | 3.22 | 1.38, 7.46 | 2.93 | 1.26, 6.79 |
| (Any ISIC) | Brazing (87245) | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Shipbuilding/railroad equipment (3841, 3842) or (Any ISIC) | Shipyard/dockyard, railroad manufacture workers (Blue collar) or (84125/30, 87130) | 9 | 3 | 3.83 | 0.75, 19.54 | 3.36 | 0.66, 17.10 |
| Gas (3540, 4102) or (Any ISIC) | Coke plant and gas production workers (74* (not 745*)) or (7492*) | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Construction | 8 | 7 | 1.74 | 0.48, 6.23 | 1.45 | 0.40, 5.19 | |
| (Any ISIC) | Insulators and pipe coverers (956*) | 2 | 1 | ||||
| (Any ISIC) | Roofers (95320/30/40/90) | 2 | 2 | ||||
| (Any ISIC) | Asphalt workers (95340, 97450/60) | 5 | 5 | 1.72 | 0.36, 8.12 | 1.42 | 0.30, 6.75 |
| Other | 76 | 44 | 1.27 | 0.81, 1.98 | 1.09 | 0.69, 1.73 | |
| (Any ISIC) | Painters (construction) (931*) | 49 | 30 | 1.13 | 0.66, 1.94 | 0.98 | 0.56, 1.69 |
| (Any ISIC) | Painters (automobile, others) (939*) | 28 | 16 | 1.40 | 0.69, 2.88 | 1.21 | 0.59, 2.51 |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; EAGLE, Environment And Genetics in Lung cancer Etiology; ISCO, International Standard Classification of Occupations; ISIC, International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities; OR, odds ratio.
a
Calculations were performed for occupations with at least 5 exposed cases.
b
An asterisk indicates that all 5-digit codes within that code are considered.
c
Calculated with logistic regression models, adjusted for area of residence, age, smoking, and number of jobs held.
d
Also adjusted for education.